What is this Rank or Profession please

William and Lillian worked for Samson Rogers in Illinois, William was a general servant and she a domestic (if I remember correctly). Check the census after their arrival in USA.
 
Archie's Mum said:
William and Lillian worked for Samson Rogers in Illinois, William was a general servant and she a domestic (if I remember correctly). Check the census after their arrival in USA.
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I have now found the 1910 emigration detail and he was a farmer.
 
He may have stated he was a farmer when he emigrated but on the 1910 census he is a servant, doing general work for Samson Rogers, a merchant. Lillian is a maid.
 
Archie's Mum said:
He may have stated he was a farmer when he emigrated but on the 1910 census he is a servant, doing general work for Samson Rogers, a merchant. Lillian is a maid.
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I sometimes wonder if the occupation on emigration documents is what the person wants to be, rather than what they have been. It happened that way to a couple of mine...
 
The 1901 census has his father occupation as gardener's labourer and brother Edward as a horseman on farm.Maybe he was a worker on a farm.
 
Genie1 said:
Was hHlmyd Helston?
Familysearch has Lilian and Alfred marrying until 7 Mar 1912 and he was 25 and she was 22.Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, Usa
No parents mentioned so where did the J in Ann J come from?
Who were William and Lilian going to live with in the USA?
I want to find a link with my Richards for sure. What threw me is the J in that site I found.
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I think, as it ends in ‘d’ it’s supposed to be Helford.
 
You might find the Cornwall Connicotts and the Somerset Connicotts are related. There is a Francis Sydney or Sydney Francis Connicott emigrating to Cook Illinois (where William and Lillian are living)in 1904. His father is Edwin Connicott from Somerset.
 
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